Tray for wheelbarrows



(No Model.)

B. A. GARVER & O. H. STRAIGHT.

TRAY FOR WHEELBARROWS.

No. 880,562. Patented Apr. 3,1888.

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DAVID A. GARVER AND CLARENCE H. STRAIGHT, OF BRYAN, OHIO.

TRAY FOR WH EELBARROWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,562, dated April 3, 1888.

. Application filed December 14, 1887. Serial No. 257,923. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it 12mg concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID A. Ganvnn and CLARENCE H. STRAIGHT, citizens of the United States, residing at Bryan, in the county of Villiams and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trays for \Vheelbarrows; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

Our invention consists in making the sides and bottom of the tray in two parts, and in connecting said parts by strips of sheet metal, which cover the joints and are secured at their edges to the two parts, the objects sought to be obtained being economy in material and in the labor of putting the parts together.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate our invention and form a partof this specification, Figures 1 and 2 represent, respectively, a top and bottom view of our tray complete; Fig. 3, an elevation of one of the sides, showing the sheet-metal connecting strip before its ends are bent over; and Fig. ha similar view showing the connectingstrips bent down. Figs. 5 and 6 are edge views of the bottom, showing the manner of putting the same together; and Fig. 7, an inner end elevation of one of the sections of the tray, showing the manner of applying the connect ing'strips.

A A designate the bottom boards, which, as represented, are out half the length of the tray, and their inner or meeting ends are beveled to correspond with the angle formed by the double incline of the bottom, so as to make a closejoint when the parts are put together. The bottom boards thus cut and formed are placed together, as represented in Fig. 5, with the longer corners of their beveled ends abutting against each other, and are secured together by nailing over the joints thus formed a strip of sheet metal, a, the same being nailed along its edges to both boards, as represented. The bottom boards thus united are brought to the position represented in Fig. 6, and by broken lines in Fig. 5, with their beveled edges in close contact and forming a close joint.

The sides are formed of wedge shaped boards B B, the lower edges being cut to correspond with the inclination of the bottom boards, and their inner or meeting edgesbeing outer side.

beveled to correspond with the outward flare. The upper outer corners are rounded, as usual. The sides thus formed are connected together, similarly to the bottom boards, by strips of sheet metal, I), which are nailed along their edges to both parts, covering the joint on the The outer ends are then carried inward till their beveled edges are in close contact and form a closejoint, and in this position they are ready to be nailed along their lower edges to the edges of the bottom boards. The ends of the connecting-strips project past the edges of the side-boards, and are notched, as represented in Fig. 3, to enable them to be turned over said edges, the angle formed by bringing the boardsint-o position preventing them from being turned over otherwise, so as to make a smooth finish. The strip a is preferably of a length greater than the width of the bottom boards, A A, to allow its ends to overlap the edges of the side-boards, and to be in turn overlapped by the ends of the strips 2), as represented in Fig. 7. In this way the parts are securely bound together.

The construction above described enables us to utilize small pieces of lumber which would be useless otherwise, and avoids the necessity of steaming and bending to bring the parts into shape. Moreover, it enables us to use inferior lumber, since the short lengths required can be out out between knots and other imperfections, thus materially chea-pening the article.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new I 1. The improved wheelbarrow-tray hereinbefore desoribed,havin g its sides and ends made in halflengths and united together by strips of sheet metal, which cover the joints and are nailed to both parts, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The improved wheelbarrow-tray hereinbefore described, the same being made in two independent transversely divided sections, said sections being united by strips of sheet metal secured over the joint, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID A. GARVER. CLARENCE H. STRAIGHT. Witnesses:

J onan Nnrson, .T. S. NATTOX. 

